Sunday, 24 January 2016

Last Independence Day, PM Narendra Modi took his security detail
unawares when he broke the cordon to meet children on his way out of Red
Fort. This did not go unnoticed by Islamic extremist groups who have
been planning to target Modi, according to well-placed sources.

The special Protection Group (SPG) that protects the PM is in a tizzy
over an intelligence alert that terrorist groups, including Islamic
State adherents, could be preparing teens to carry out a fidayeen attack
on the PM. The inputs are understood to have said that boys aged 12-15
and trained in weapons and explosives may have sneaked into the country,
triggering a high level of preparedness. The alert was issued on Friday
and circulated among SPG, police and intel units in NCR.

Following intelligence inputs of potential child squads targeting PM
Modi on Republic Day, the SPG and senior advisers have been briefed and
it has been urged that the PM not breach the security cordon.The Delhi
police has been asked to keep a watch for possible suspects on R-Day.
The special cell too has been alerted and asked to carry out search
operations. The cell has received an anonymous communication related to
the present threat, a source said.

The IS has recently released videos showing children learning to use
machine guns and rocket launchers apart from rigorous physical training.
PoK and Af-Pak-based groups are also learned to have children in their
camps. One of these is Ansar-ud Tawhid (AuT), which has been helping IS
spread its wings in India.

TOI had reported earlier that security threat assessment has been on an
all-time high. The French foreign intelligence unit, directorate general
of external security and Indian agencies, assisted by CIA, have been
finalising the security detail of dignitaries and across Delhi.